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Author Sturgill, Amanda, 1968- author.

Title We are #ALTGOV : social media resistance from the inside / Amanda Sturgill.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
©2022
1 hold on first copy returned of 1 copy

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 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  302.231 STU    Check Shelf
Description xv, 213 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index.
Contents 1. Transitions -- 2. First day promises -- 3. Let's talk -- 4. Threats -- 5. Strategy -- 6. Storms -- 7. Where are the children? -- 8. Finding fakes -- 9. Making a difference -- 10. War room -- 11. Shutdown -- 12. National security -- 13. Pandemic -- 14. Who are we? -- 15. Election and insurrection -- 16. Transition, again.
Summary "When being a team-player at work meant lying to the American people, brave civil servants took to social media to share the inside scoop. Government employees expect some changes with each new election, but adjusting to the Trump administration was different. The new president was banning Muslim immigrants, repealing Net Neutrality and deleting climate change information from EPA websites. It became urgent to take a stand. The #ALTGOV Twitter movement subverted official statements to remind the American public that all was not well in the White House but that there was something they could do about it. This is the story of how the same social media technologies that fractured America have helped rogue government workers and concerned citizens work to keep it together. Beginning with tweets from the parks about the Inauguration Day crowd, the #AltGov Twitter accounts offered followers context, truth, and opportunities to take real-world action to support human rights, privacy rights, and science. Followers say they offer hope. They've also faced challenges from their bosses in the government, from trolls and bots, and from each other. Amanda Sturgill offers the first real look at this grassroots movement, including exclusive interviews with #AltGov members as they struggled to work with others who had a spectrum of goals and motivations. They faced their own fears of being discovered or even inadvertently causing the harm they were trying to forestall. The #AltGov movement shows us that social media is more than a megaphone-it's a way for everyday people to live out the democratic ideals that shaped their country"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Twitter.
Social media -- Political aspects -- United States.
Opposition (Political science) -- United States.
Twitter. (OCoLC)fst01794911
Opposition (Political science) (OCoLC)fst01046603
Social media -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01983657
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Online version: Sturgill, Amanda. We are #ALTGOV Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022] 9781538162101 (DLC) 2022011751
ISBN 9781538162095 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1538162091 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9781538162101 electronic book
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